Multiple antenna system for varying transmission streams
OwnerJung-Tao Liuinventor
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Abstract
A method of communication using one or more antennas. The method includes varying at least one of a plurality of transmission streams to be loaded onto an antenna. Each transmission stream may be varied in response to the channel conditions corresponding with the relevant antenna. Varying one or more transmission streams may be realized by modulating and/or rate matching each relevant transmission stream in accordance with the air interface characteristics of the relevant antenna. The rate of the stream may be adjusted by puncturing at least one bit from the transmission stream and/or filling the transmission stream with in at least one bit.
Claims20
A method of communication comprising:
- varying at least one of a plurality of transmission streams to be loaded onto at least one of a plurality of antennas in response to a channel condition.
A method of communication comprising:
- forming at least two transmission streams from a plurality of bits;
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- varying at least one of the transmission streams in response to a channel condition corresponding with at least one antenna of a multiple antenna system.
A communication system comprising:
- a demultiplexer for forming at least two transmission streams from an information stream;
- at least two transmission paths, each transmission path comprising:
- an antenna having air interface characteristics;
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- a modulator for modulating the respective transmission stream in response to the air interface characteristics of the antenna corresponding with the respective transmission stream;
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- a rate matcher for rate matching the information stream in response the air interface characteristics of each antenna and/or for rate matching each transmission stream in response to the air interface characteristics of the antenna corresponding with the respective transmission stream.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.